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Dinosaurs, Space & Inventions: Science for Kids

Walk through a whole science museum, one exhibit at a time. Meet a feathered Velociraptor, drive a Mars rover, land on the Moon and fire up a steam engine, with real facts on every page.

The grand lobby of Science Museum Adventure, with doors to the Inventions, Space and Dinosaur wings.

The Dinosaur Wing

Meet T. rex, Triceratops, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus and Pteranodon, and learn how fossils tell their stories.

The Dino Hall of a science museum, with a golden T. rex skeleton and a Triceratops exhibit window.

Wing guideDinosaur Facts for KidsStep into the Dino Hall and meet five amazing animals from millions of years ago. Then learn how scientists uncover their secrets from teeth, eggs, feathers and footprints.

The Space Wing

Visit the planets, drive a Mars rover, land on the Moon, float outside the space station and peek through Webb's golden mirror.

The Space Hall of a science museum, with a model rocket and exhibit doors to the Solar System and beyond.

Wing guideSpace Facts for KidsBlast off through the Space Wing: visit the planets, drive a Mars rover, land on the Moon, float outside a space station and look through a golden telescope.

The Great Inventions Wing

Light a lamp, fire up a steam engine, connect a telephone call, build a glider and run a printing press.

The Invention Hall of a museum, with the tall brass Clock of Invention and a hot-air balloon model.

Wing guideGreat Inventions for KidsFive workshops, five world-changing ideas, and one great clock that only turns when they all work together. Meet the inventions, and the real people behind them.

Play the whole museum

Every article here comes from an exhibit in Science Museum Adventure, an illustrated museum where kids find the missing pieces and bring each exhibit back to life.

15 illustrated exhibit rooms in three wings
17 science mini-games, from Brachio Run to a Mars rover
A Field Guide full of real science, open from minute one
The whole Dinosaur Wing is free to play
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For parents and teachers

These articles are written for young kids to read alone or together with a grown-up, and for curious adults too. Each one ends with a short quiz and a list of science words, so they work well for homework help and classroom reading. The facts match the game’s exhibit placards, which were checked against current research in paleontology, astronomy and the history of technology. Where scientists still disagree, we say so.

Start with dinosaur facts, space facts or great inventions.